Montana Moment
Montana Moment is your front-row seat to the last best place! NBC Montana reporter Kevin Maki explores the history, stories, people, and places that make Montana well, Montana.
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Back in 1985, the Missoula Mendelssohn Club was performing at a choral festival in France.
The event spurred choral conductor and music professor, the late Don Carey, to start an invitational festival in Missoula.
In 1987, with the help of Missoula's music community he did just that.
Now, 38-years later, the Montana International Choral Festival is one of Montana's most treasured summertime happenings.
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July 7, 2025 • 6 mins
For their well being and happiness, animals, just like humans, want to feel safe and secure.
They like good food, a comfortable place to rest, a chance to have some fun-to kick up their hooves or paws, to bask in the love of their humans.
The animals at Fallons Farm near Arlee love the attention that Wendy and Mike Ramos pour on them.
The couple welcomed NBC Montana to their horse pasture one cool March day, where the animals su...
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From our skies, to the mountains, and open fields, Montana's wildlife ensure a vibrant and healthy environment.
As predators and prey, reptiles play an essential role in the balance.
Montana Reptile Rescue's director and chief executive officer,Jeremy Allestadprotects and rehabilitates both native and non-native reptile species.
Jeremy started the non-profit in Great Falls eight years ago.
But his passion for reptiles began lon...
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For 105 years, the Natural Pier Bridge in Alberton has been serving the travel needs of its community.
The beloved landmark is a source of pride for its durability and unique design.
It merged human skill and ingenuity with its natural environment.
Montana Highway Department engineers completed the bridge as part of the old Yellowstone Trail in 1918.
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Last winter, NBC Montana brought you a story of the Ninemile Remount Depot's mules and horses that clear trails in our wilderness areas,
From November to May, the animals rest up at the ranch on the Lolo National Forest near Huson.
Now, those hardworking Forest Service crews are heading back to work.
When we met the mules and horses, they were enjoying their hay and getting some deserved R and R after a season packing supplies i...
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June 9, 2025 • 6 mins
Off the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway between Wise River and Polaris is an abandoned mining settlement.
NBC Montana spent timein this ghost town, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, and an important touchstone of Montana history.
Coolidge was the unfulfilled dream of a former Montana Lieutenant Governor.
It's found high in the mountains and stands testament to a way of life long gone.
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June 9, 2025 • 6 mins
A thousand years ago, a new life began near present day Seeley Lake.
The only witnesses to his youth would have been the Indigenous People.
He was already 200-years-old when the Magna Carta was signed, and more than 800 when the Civil War started.
But today, this Western Larch tree, affectionately known as Gus, continues to thrive.
In the Seeley Lake District of the Lolo National Forest, a pathway welcomes visitors through some...
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May 27, 2025 • 3 mins
American Legion Post 91's 105th annual Corvallis Memorial Day Parade attracted huge crowds Monday.
One of those honored was a WWII veteran, who turns 101 in June.
The number of WWII veterans is dwindling every day.
But WWII United States Army veteran Les Rutledge is in terrific shape.
Les served with the 222nd Infantry, 42nd Rainbow Division in Europe.
He told NBC Montana about some of the final days of the war.
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Montana consistently ranks as having one of the highest suicide rates in the nation.
Factors like social isolation and the lack of behavioral health services are of particular concern in Montana's rural communities.
One of Montana's most creative artists is doing what he can to help extend a lifeline.
NBC Montana met up with Jim Dolan at his studio near Belgrade.
He was working on one of his latest creations.
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May 12, 2025 • 4 mins
Montana is certainly known for its massive size and wide open spaces.
But it's famous for its small amenities too.
In this week's Montana Moment we take you to Giant Springs State Park in Great Falls.
There, you will find what The Guinness Book of World Records has called the shortest river in the world.
The Roe River measures an average 201 feet in length.
It flows parallel to the mighty Missouri River.
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May 5, 2025 • 5 mins
Missoula's rich soil, climate, and history of agricultural trade, gave Missoula its special title-The Garden City.
As we move into planting season, spring is introducing it earliest blooms to Missoula.
NBC Montana was there when Rocky Mountain Gardens celebrated its first annual spring opening.
Located at the Missoula County Fairgrounds, the public botanical gardens are new to Missoula.
The opening brought crowds to enjoy early...
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April 28, 2025 • 6 mins
It's time for Montana sheep producers to have their animals sheared of their winter wool.
Shearing keeps the sheep cool in hot weather, and allows new born lambs to nurse more easily.
Shearing is a physically demanding job that requires experience and dexterity.
Leroy Sikorski is known among his clients as an expert shearer, and for his gentle treatment of the animals in his care.
NBC Montana met Leroy as he sheared sheep ranch...
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April 21, 2025 • 5 mins
Next weekend, The Society of American Foresters will bring collegiate and professional logger competitors to Missoula for the 28th annual Forestry Day.
College timber sports athletes will compete on April 25th and 26th.
Pro-athletes will join them on Saturday, April 26th.
It's where you will see how the old-time lumberjacks got the job done.
Behind the logger sports show is Montana Historic Equipment Area chairman, Scott Kuehn.
Lea...
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April 14, 2025 • 6 mins
From the late 1800's, through the early part of the last century, people on the west side of the Bitterroot Valley lived in fear of a deadly, mysterious illness they called "black measles."
We now know it as Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.
That discovery was the beginning of Rocky Mountain Laboratories, whose research is now global in scope.
With tick season now here, NBC Montana visited the lab to learn more about that research and ...
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April 14, 2025 • 5 mins
When the school year ends in a few weeks, many Montana youngsters will enter the part-time job market.
NBC Montana met a couple siblings in Missoula who are getting a head start.
With their parents help, 11-year-old London Keene, and his eight-year-old sister Bryn, have started their own business.
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March 31, 2025 • 8 mins
They are the smallest animals.
But they are essential to the health of our planet.
We find them under the soil, hidden in plant life, and in the air.
They are graceful splashes of color that delight us with their presence,
They are the animals you will find at the Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium.
The non-profit educational facility was launched by the married couple Glenn and Jen Marangelo.
NBC Montana spent time with the ...
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March 25, 2025 • 6 mins
For their well being and happiness, animals, just like humans, want to feel safe and secure.
They like good food, a comfortable place to rest, a chance to have some fun-to kick up their hooves or paws, to bask in the love of their humans.
The animals at Fallons Farm near Arlee love the attention that Wendy and Mike Ramos pour on them.
The couple welcomed NBC Montana to their horse pasture one cool March day, where the animals surro...
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March 17, 2025 • 5 mins
When fire destroyed the M&M Bar and Cafe in Butte four years ago, the community was thrilled when its owner decided to rebuild.
Today, the iconic establishment is going strong.
Its original neon sign is being lit once again to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
The M&M Bar and Grill sign rose from the ashes as one of Butte's most enduring symbols.
NBC Montana met M&M owner Selina Pankovich at her business a few days before St. Patrick's ...
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March 10, 2025 • 6 mins
Almost four years ago, NBC Montana brought you a Montana Moment on a startup egg production business in Corvallis.
Buck 'N Dave's Eggs was formed by a couple rodeo cowboys who decided, in their own words, to wrangle chickens instead of cattle.
With egg prices and Bird Flu topping news stories we wanted to do an update on the company.
We visited Buck Lunak and Dave Whitmoyer, Buck and Dave, as they collected baskets full of large br...
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March 3, 2025 • 5 mins
It's been a blustery winter with lots of snow and icy roads.
Plow operators work to keep roads clear, so people can get to work, and school kids are safe on their bus routes.
It takes constant vigilance to keep the trucks running.
NBC Montana wanted to learn more.
On a recent morning, we arrived at the maintenance shop at the Missoula County Public Works Department.
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